I have a dominoe damsel that for the past two days has been acting really wierd!
She has been hiding under the liverock and today looked like it was dead. She hasn't eaten anything either. She kinda leaning to one side too. I checked the water and all are within normal parameters I new to saltwater tanks, so any help would be great.
how long have you had the fish...
and, how long has the tank been setup?
and please define "normal parameters" (as it means different things to different people)
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The tank has been up and running for more than 2 months. I also just had my water checked at the LSF and the guy told me that the water is perfect. He told to check for electricity, any truth to that?
yes, stray current could be an issue, a $10 investment in a grounding probe can resolve that issue. or replacing the unit that is leaking electricity (RIO pumps are known for doing this)
so you have any other fish? have you lost any other fish?
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No, this is my only fish, I did lose a snail the other day but I think that one of the hermit crabs might have been at fault. Could a heater be causing the problem? I just bought a new heater on Sat.
Sad news to report, I just checked on my tank and found dominoe dead. Thanks for all the help! the snails and the crabs are doing great what could it have been? By the way Rob the podcasts are great.
I would steer away from damsels IMO. If you want to add friendly fish later on these will most definitely beat it up as most Damselfish are notorious for being territorial. I tore all of my live rock apart just to get a blue spotted and a yellowtail damsel out of my tank after I set it up. They would beat up any and all fish I tried to introduce. If you are content with only damselfish in your tank you should be okay to add another. Or better yet introduce the damsel as your last fish. All being said you probably just got a "bad" fish if your water params are good like Rob said. Make sure you pick out a nice healthy fish at your LFS. They should be alert and should feed when given food at the store. Good luck!
what type of clowns, some clowns will beat each other up too. Percula are good together I believe. If this is the pair you should be okay. See if you can get a mated pair...
clowns will be fine if they are kept in a "same species " pair.. there are some details when pairing up clowns, but pretty easy unless you get into the Premnas genus...
stay with the Amphiprions and you will be cool...
if you have more questions on clowns, post them over in the fish forum, and we'll help ya out..
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